Green Birds

[ysabetwordsmith]

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with ... green birds!

Birds come in various shades of green. The brighter shades tend to appear in tropical areas, while temperate species are more often olive or yellow-green. Some birds have patches of green as an accent, like mallard ducks.


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Green or Partly Green Ducks

Wild ducks often have green or blue-green accents on their heads or wings. Some domestic duck breeds are entirely metallic green.

Black East India Duck (domestic)

Cayuga (domestic)
If you wish to raise green ducks, this one excels in all categories.

Green-winged Teal (wild)

Mallard (wild)

Wood Duck (wild)
 

Comments

[quamquam20]

This was a fascinating read! I had no idea domestic duck breeds could have such amazing colors.

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

>>This was a fascinating read! <<

I'm glad you liked it.

>>I had no idea domestic duck breeds could have such amazing colors.<<

Yeah, the Cayugas are the most incredible bottle-green all over.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afhP2XXSC4o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhgL2FKDx-s

[pameladean]

The cayugas are just wild! As if they had a really good pottery glaze on!

P.

Yes ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

They're actually black underneath, but when the light hits just right, they blaze green all over. :D I have, indeed, seen pottery glazes that do that trick. Brown to green is more common, but it can be done with that smoky-duck black.